You never want your college roommate talking to the New York Times about you, even when you’re a used car salesman from Texas accused of conspiring with elements of the Iranian government to carry out terrorist attacks in the U.S.: “His socks would not match. He was always losing his keys and his cellphone. He was not capable of carrying out this plan.”

David Kurtz

David Kurtz is Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief of Talking Points Memo where he oversees the news operations of TPM and its sister sites.